Pitching in Citi Field is a benefit to Niese who recorded a 2.74 ERA and a .250 opponent's batting average at home last year. Jonathon has pitched for the Mets his entire career which has spanned the course of seven years and 148 career starts. The lefty Starting Pitcher has a 7.20 K/9 ratio and 2.69 K/BB rate for his career.

I also want to mention Matt Moore here. The Ray's fireballer is coming off elbow surgery but should be able to go shortly after the season starts. Moore shouldn't be drafted this year but he's worth watching once Tampa cuts him loose on the mound. Moore has an 8.79 K/9 ratio for his career.

If you're into post-hype sleepers, Dylan Bundy may top that list entering 2015. He missed the 2013 season after having Tommy John surgery that June. Bundy, since returning from surgery, has been clocked in the mid-to-upper 90's and has showed steady improvement throughout his 2014 comeback year in the minors. Dylan tallied just 41.1 innings between Low and High A Ball last year so an innings' cap is all but imminent this season. I'm expecting a September call-up for Bundy who could eventually (2017) become a front-line Starting Pitcher.

He's ready for the South Side and ready to become the club's number two Starter behind Chris Sale. There won't be a better lefty-lefty 1-2 punch in baseball than what Sale and Rodon could be.

I am worried that Robin Ventura may want Rodon to be the team's Closer - a spot that was split among four different guys in 2014. If Rodon becomes their Closer, he'll be a Top 20 Fantasy Closer. If he makes the rotation out of Spring Training, he'll climb into my Top 60 Fantasy Starting Pitchers. If he gets called up in July, like I'm predicting, he'll be a must-own but for now remains undraftable in one-year leagues. In terms of "stuff" Carlos has a top-notch slider.

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Many scouts consider it the best slider in all of the minor leagues. He also has a fastball that sits in the low-90's. My Rodon projections are based on him getting 10 starts at the end of the year. If he enters 2015 as the White Sox 9th inning guy, he'll challenge a 35-save season.

The first overall pick in the 2013 MLB Draft could have came out in the 2012 Draft when he went 8th overall to the Pirates. Instead, Appel went back to Stanford for his Senior season in order to refine his mechanics and gain more and more experience, albeit at the College level.

Mark stands 6' 5" 225 pounds and uses all of it to get behind a fastball that sits in the mid-90's. He made 24 starts between Rookie Ball, Low A Ball and Double A Ball last season recording 98 strikeouts (31 walks) in 119.1 innings. In Double A specifically he posted a 23% strikeout rate and a 3.69 ERA but a 2.99 FIP. Appel only allowed two home runs in Double A pitching in the Texas League. If he can keep the ball on the ground he'll move up quicker.

The Astros are a few years away from competing - Appel will be their ace when they do. My Appel projections are based on him getting five starts in late September.

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Mark's upside is that of a Matt Cain type of starter. Appel's value will sky rocket in keeper/dynasty leagues this year because he's projected to be in the Houston rotation by the start of the 2017 season.

The Cubs will be contenders this year only if they can get some production from their Starting Pitchers. Wood entered 2014 as the Cubs' fourth starter. Travis has lost 12 or 13 games each year over the past three seasons never winning more than nine games in a season, ever. Wood is strictly a match-up play in 2015. You could go with other low-end Fantasy starters here like Bartolo Colon, Vance Worley, Yusmeiro Petit, Tony Cingrani and/or even Andrew Heaney.